Some big fusion news for you! The National Ignition Facility (NIF) has hit Q = 4. I haven't seen this announced anywhere else yet, but Dr. Moses used to run the place, so I expect he knows what he's talking about.

DOE released a final environmental assessment and proposed finding of no significant impact (FONSI) for the operation of NRIC’s Demonstration of Microreactor Experiments (DOME) test bed at Idaho National Laboratory. Read more - brnw.ch/21wSDVb #nuclearenergy #INL

FIRST CALL 📢 U.S. Department of Energy is now accepting applications to schedule fueled microreactor experiments in DOME — the world’s first microreactor test bed at Idaho National Lab. Apply now: bit.ly/4jX0Wlu

.Secretary Chris Wright: "We have to lead and win the AI race, just like we did with the Manhattan Project. This is Manhattan Project 2.” 👏

We warned you that this is where it was headed. It was the entire purpose of all the blood libels, lies, pro-terror justifications over the last 18 months. Those of us who saw the intifada firsthand warned you what “globalize the intifada” meant. We warned you that this wasn’t

President Trump signed four (!) executive orders to make the U.S. the world’s leader in nuclear electricity. Some of it is promising. Some of it might backfire. Let’s break it down. Nuclear Executive Orders megathread ☢️

I am pretty convinced that half of the value of negotiating deals with founders at seed is figuring out if you want to do business with them / signaling vs. the actual terms themselves.

your semi-regular reminder that socialists literally want to kill you

Policy is downstream of culture.

A weird externality of AI decreasing the cost of living + increasing productivity will be more people finding purpose in protest for the sake of it - and having the time to do so

Buildings too tall, no setbacks, inadequate parking provision, overlooks neighbouring properties, retail generates excessive noise impacts, repetitive design features Planning application denied

the outcome is so certain they’re doing “real socialism has never been tried” before it’s even tried, now

Equally important at later stages

Ok but what if my perception of blue looks like your red! Take the test!!

Here's the Dunning-Kruger effect as envisioned by Rickover. Many variations of this curve exist and have been traversed. The UNGGs, Magnox's, and RBMKs all made it to commercial fleets, but were then replaced with higher-performance reactors (mostly PWRs). LWRs made it

You don’t lift people out of poverty by dragging others down; you do it by creating more opportunity, productivity, and growth. That’s what billionaires often drive. The belief that “billionaires shouldn’t exist” sounds righteous, but it leads to one thing: government force.

The Four Horsemen of Tech Banking Thread: 🧵 The Figma IPO and end of July 4th Weekend is a good chance to talk about the importance of IPOs to the VC and tech ecosystem and to remember the critical role the The Four Horsemen of 1980s-1990s Tech Banking played in building

"Go to college" is to education what "put stuff in your mouth" is to nutrition.